Iron County register., 1887-02-10
LOCAL BREVITIES.

an hour Sunday.
Rev. A. C.. Grain, of St. Louis. will hol,
services in the Baptist Church here, Sunda,
next, morning and evening.
The advertisements Of sale Of the Arcadi
House property appear in this issue. Th
property will be sold on Monday, Marol
14th.
A miner named Beasely was killed by
falling rock in the Shaft on Pilot Knob a
O'Clock this morning. Particulars Will be
given next week.
A great many of our sidewalks are in
horrible and almost immpassable condition
Let the proper authorities see that they ar,
repaired without delay.
There is yonng man in the north end o.
town who will land in Jail some of these fine
days, il he isn't more careful how he handle:
his shotgun in the future than he has beer
in the past.
We return thanks to DIR. B. III. Zwart, OF
Kansas City, for papers showing the rapid
gains that city is making in both business
and population. May the Dr.'s prosperity
be as great!
The cartoons displayed opposite the REG
IsTER office are attracting no little attention,
and from the daily pilgrimage thereto one
would suppose there was sort of a''Mecca''
on the block
But two south-bound freights passed
through here on Friday of last week. All
the engines on this division were busy trans
porting eight hundred cars Of corn from st.
Louis to Belmont.
A tramp broke into Hotson's restaurant
last Monday night and stole some bread,
cakes, etc. Mr. II. thinks he was sand
houser, and of this we shall have more to
say In the future. The sand-house, as a
refuge for tramps, ought to be abated.
The Standard Dramatic Company were at
the Academy of Music on Wednesday and
Thursday nights of last week. With the ex-
ception of one male character, who is decid-
edly good, the company has an array of very
common talent. Good sized audiences were
in attendance both nights.
In the United States Court in st. Louis,
Judge Treat on Monday afternoon granted
the order which takes the ST. Louis Ore and
Steel company out of the Court and puts an
end to the receivership. E. A. Hitchcock,
late receiver, will be president and the works
will go on as usual. As far as our knowl-
edge goes no changes will be made in the
local management.
The past ten days has furnished weather
suited to any season in the year. On Tues
day and Wednesday nights Of last week we
had the thunder and lightning which accom-
pany mid summer storms. Thursday MORN
ing it turned colder and by night sleet, which
commenced to fall in the early morn, had
covered the ground to the depth of an inch
or more and the mercury in the thermOme-
ter was fast contracting. Milder weather
set in again Friday and warm rain Sunday
afternoon and night took the ice off with 4
flash. Up to this writing, Tuesday noon, it
is still moderating, and the rays of the sun
are more like May than February; but oh,
the terrible, fearful, provoking mud! mud!
mud!
Last Wednesday night Andrew Farmhouse
and John Wilson, two young men living in
Ironton, quarreled about game of pool at
Gioyanoni & Grandhomme's saloon. After
few words, they quietly went out into the
street to have it out. About two minutes lat
er, Wilson returned, his face covered with
wounds and bleeding freely. DR.. Patton,
who chanced to be in the vicinity, was called,
and dressed the wounds, sewing and plaster
ing Young Wilson stood it like stole,
never whimpering. While the wounds are
not dangerous, they are severe. Farmhouse
was arrested, and had a preliminary exam
ination before Judge Dinger yesterday. He
was bound over in the sum OF $500 to await
the action of the grand jury.
Presiding Elder Corrlngton arrived In the
City the earlier part of last week and assist
ed Rev. Thomas in conducting the revival
meetings to the close on Sunday night last.
The large attendance was kept up to the end.
The converts number something over score
and we hope will all remain steadfast in their
convictions. For fear that a false impression
NAV have been created in the minds of some
et our readers on account of our criticisms,
(kiaAiy intended), of these services, it may
be well In this connection to state that while
the RRoisrsE differs with Rev. Thomas on
the good resulting from revival meetings it
considers him an honorable, conscientious,
warm hearted Christian gentlemen who has
been untiring In his labors to promote the
spiritual welfare of our people.
While the submission question was before
the House on Thursday of last week, our
Represe ntative, Hon. VIM. T. Crocker, made
a speech d, favor of postponing the matter
slntil February 18th. The following taken
from the .Seddlad Democrat in regard to Mr..
Croeker's remarks will be Of interest to our
readers: ''The most amusing and interest
ing speech of the day, and the capital speech
of the session, was made by Mr.. Crocker, the
quaint old Campbellite preacher from Iron.
He rose to favor postponment but diverged.
far enough to give some hearty thrusts at
prohibition. His speech, as is everything he
xavs, was quaint, droll, amusing and unique,
s,s. full of good, hard, backwoods common
sense of the old time. The old gentleman
fxots,ht iss his illustrations from the Bible
against prohibition and referred to the good
old time when people went to camp meeting
with Bible in one saddle bag anda battle in
the other. The speech was regular camp
,oeeting exortation and during its whole de-
ul,srv kept everybody in the House convuls-
ed with a roar of laughter and applause that
ss.arly sLsoS the building"
N;dd1ebkesk Public School.